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To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is travelled by dark feet and dark wings.
--Wendell Berry.
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Content warning: Please note the trigger warnings before each piece. 🦋
Songs of Survival songsofsurvival.survivorstos…
With respect, & to honour the great soul, activist & teacher Thich Nhat Hanh.
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When the nukes start flying,
when we see the mushroom cloud growing on the horizon,
when reality comes crashing down in the most overt way possible,
when the realization slowly dawns that this really is the end,
none of our old stuff will matter anymore.
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If this was your son
you would fill the sea with ships of any flag.
But don't worry.
He is not your son.
You can sleep peacefully.
And above all of course,
He is not your son.
He is just a lost son of humanity,
Dirty mankind, that makes no noise.
He's not your son
Marco Leoni
Our fav poem this year.
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God’s Word A Video Poem by Robin Ouzman Hislop poetrylifeandtimes.com/gods-… via @PoetryLifeTimes #videopoem @Toni_M_Arboleda
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Today's MAD Poetry #MentalHealthWeek poem is 'five weeks of illness and hospitalisation' by @RubyHillsmith which lyrically articulates her lived experience of hospitalisation and mental illness.
redroompoetry.org/poets/ruby…
Co-presented with Survivors of Suicide & Friends
ALT A hand holding a piece of paper in front of a blue sky with white clouds, with the following quote - 1. is this spring air / swollen and malicious 2. is the smell of meat / a personal insult 3. do I not yet / function / as advertised) ~Ruby Hillsmith from 'five weeks of illness and hospitalisation' MAD Poetry
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Emerging lived-experience poets are invited to submit a poem during #MentalHealthMonth October 2021 for consideration to be part of a forthcoming lived-experience #poetry anthology.
Thirty poems will be selected by the editors for paid inclusion:
redroompoetry.org/projects/m…
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Today is the first day of #MentalHealthWeek and our first poem is 💙 'The Key' - a poem by Mary Baker, whose deep love of poetry was discovered by her parents Annette & Stuart after she took her own life.
Read their reflection on what poetry meant to her:
redroompoetry.org/poets/mary…
ALT A hand holding a piece of paper in front of a blue sky with white clouds, with the following quote - "I aim to promote awareness and acceptance of these illnesses which are so often ignored. With knowledge and understanding, we can come out of the shadows and move forwards to a brighter future." ~ Mary Baker
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"We need artists, including the poets, to be the moral compass to say - OK, we can do it...but should we do it?" - @DoctorKarl
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✔️ Write Poem. Film Poem. Send Poem.
Submit + More Info: bit.ly/videocontest2021
Congratulations Imani 👋
North Coast NSW thirteen-year-old, Imani Hannaford, wins youth slam abc.net.au/radio/northcoast/…
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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Seagull. Poem by Annest Gwilym artvilla.com/plt/thirteen-wa… via @PoetryLifeTimes #TopTweetTeusday @blackboughpoems @CharlotteOlivr @AnnestGwilym @1annecasey @gercelt @PeachDelphine @pinkyandrexa @Shaguftahussein @poetclare @PoetsTube
7 Spoken Word Performances To Celebrate Pride Month feminisminindia.com/2021/06/… via @FeminismInIndia
The YO Poets will take over the amphitheatre of the Bendigo Library for One Winter's Night this June!
The event will raise money for the Bendigo Winter Night Shelter. ❤️
To apply: YO Bendigo yobendigo.com.au/yopoets
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Poets and musicians will gather Sunday in Hyannis for “A-Way with Words: Spoken Word and Poetry in Solidarity,” to mark one year after Floyd's murder. capecodtimes.com/story/enter…
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This poem by Laura Gilpin is going viral again with a new generation and I completely understand why...
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Peter Kahn reads '...Till it's Gone' a Golden Shovel after Joni Mitchell. Taken from his recently published debut collection Little Kings. Enjoy this great reading, this excellent example of a poetic form that pays respect to words that came before.
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Scholars: Amanda Gorman's poetry shows why spoken word belongs in school | The Conversation | bit.ly/2YGA41j #msstate